Within our dreams and aspirations we find our opportunities.
Sue Atchley Ebaugh
Our dreams beckon us to new heights. All that we may need is the courage to move toward them, taking the necessary steps to realize those dreams. Trusting that we will be shown the steps, one at a time patiently waiting for the right step and right time is all we need to do, today.
Our dreams, when they are for the good of ourselves and others, are invitations from God to spread our wings, to attempt new heights. Those dreams are part of the destiny designed for us. They are not happenstance. Our gifts are unique. Our contributions are ours alone. Our dreams reflect the contribution we are called on to make in this life.
Our opportunities for fulfillment are varied and not always recognized as for our good. Again and again we need to turn to God, be patient, and trust that we are being called to offer something very special to those around us. And everyone of us is inspired in particular ways, with particular talents. Our recovery is clearing the way for us to burst forth with our talents.
I will be grateful for all that I am, for all that I have. And I will remember, what I give today to friends around me is mine only to give.
Each Day a New Beginning (Hazelden)
I realize sometimes that I am just an instrument, a channel, a conduit for a spirit far greater than myself. There is something truthful coming through me, partly because I am so emptied by the (Way of Darkness) that I am not sitting around controlling things anymore. The (Way of Darkness) is an immense experience of divinity for people. We all have it because we are all creative at some level of our being. This is the experience of cocreation. We realize that, “My God, we are creating with God and God needs us to create.”
Matthew Fox
The intersection between our material and spiritual existence is the mystical power … the point where the axis of God meets the axis of humanity. The modern mystic is someone seeking to embody that point in his or her own experience. … The seeker in us is always seeking more truth, knowing that the search goes on forever. The mystic in us, on the other hand, is trying to practice what we’ve learned of it – right here, in this moment, whatever we are doing.
Marianne Williamson
The space between Heaven and Earth is like a bellows;
It is empty, yet has not lost its power.
The more it is used, the more it produces;
The more you talk of it, the less you comprehend.
Tao Te Ching
Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may verify with you living what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2
Sue Atchley Ebaugh
Our dreams beckon us to new heights. All that we may need is the courage to move toward them, taking the necessary steps to realize those dreams. Trusting that we will be shown the steps, one at a time patiently waiting for the right step and right time is all we need to do, today.
Our dreams, when they are for the good of ourselves and others, are invitations from God to spread our wings, to attempt new heights. Those dreams are part of the destiny designed for us. They are not happenstance. Our gifts are unique. Our contributions are ours alone. Our dreams reflect the contribution we are called on to make in this life.
Our opportunities for fulfillment are varied and not always recognized as for our good. Again and again we need to turn to God, be patient, and trust that we are being called to offer something very special to those around us. And everyone of us is inspired in particular ways, with particular talents. Our recovery is clearing the way for us to burst forth with our talents.
I will be grateful for all that I am, for all that I have. And I will remember, what I give today to friends around me is mine only to give.
Each Day a New Beginning (Hazelden)
I realize sometimes that I am just an instrument, a channel, a conduit for a spirit far greater than myself. There is something truthful coming through me, partly because I am so emptied by the (Way of Darkness) that I am not sitting around controlling things anymore. The (Way of Darkness) is an immense experience of divinity for people. We all have it because we are all creative at some level of our being. This is the experience of cocreation. We realize that, “My God, we are creating with God and God needs us to create.”
Matthew Fox
The intersection between our material and spiritual existence is the mystical power … the point where the axis of God meets the axis of humanity. The modern mystic is someone seeking to embody that point in his or her own experience. … The seeker in us is always seeking more truth, knowing that the search goes on forever. The mystic in us, on the other hand, is trying to practice what we’ve learned of it – right here, in this moment, whatever we are doing.
Marianne Williamson
The space between Heaven and Earth is like a bellows;
It is empty, yet has not lost its power.
The more it is used, the more it produces;
The more you talk of it, the less you comprehend.
Tao Te Ching
Be not conformed to this world, but be ye transformed by the renewal of your mind, that ye may verify with you living what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect will of God.
Romans 12:2
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Most of the world operates only on “facts” – verifiable data, information and knowledge. Facts seem dependable, real, practical, and emotionally secure. The problem is that it is an eventual set up for major personal harm and self destruction.
“If we have hope only in this material world, we are of all people most miserable.” The Bible
The “facts” ultimately leave us abandoned, alone, and desperately hurting – betrayed by what was supposed to be “real”.
The “facts” cannot hold my hand when someone I love is suffering or dies. The “facts” do not give me a sense of hope based a loving confidence in Someone’s loving care. With the “facts” I don’t know how to stop being depressed, or angry or scared. The details can only provide the temporary relief of being distracted -- numbed by thoughts and understanding – and then abandoned to the hopeless and helpless states of my own brain’s racing imaginations.
I heard in a movie, and it is my experience for myself, that a mystic is a person who talks to his or her God – and believes God speaks back to him or her – a Listener. In this twilight of conscious Presence with our God, we “hear’ things within our “hearts” that leads us closer and more consciously present with ourselves and others. The voice of our God becomes present in every person we meet, in every object and event that catches our attention, and in every word that enters our mind’s eye.
From these kinds of experiences, we begin to discover a different “world” – a world of experience and Presence – of unconditional love and limitless inner possibilities. – a world where facts collide in shattering blasts of transforming awakenings – beyond thought and knowledge and intellect – revealing within the mind’s dreams -- hidden truths. Our God’s Presence creates “sensations” not generated by our physical senses – a collection of warming impressions – brushes and touches of hearts melding into oneness –perceptions forming, reactions flowing – a swelling of living impulse – hearts pumping life through the veins of our spirits -- Visions of what cannot be seen, but lives in fullness – another world.
Take a breath – step back – no accidents, mistakes, coincidence – all perfectly balanced – becoming by being – vessels of Presence offered to other craving souls – words, nods, touches, hugs, eyes and hearts touching – most frequently beginning -- borne out of the darkness of our souls – consciously being human and wounded -- fragile to life’s “random” events -- and sadness – when separation – occurs. What we lose we become – the last gifts of pending Presence from shaken walls of shivering selves – creation out of dust and tears.
The space between Heaven and Earth is like a bellows;
It is empty, yet has not lost its power.
The more it is used, the more it produces;
The more you talk of it, the less you comprehend.
Tao Te Ching
Bringing human and our God’s Presence together, we begin to create that for which there are no words – only impressions of our hearts.
Our God’s Presence restores us to our consciousness of mind, joined to hearts -- we experience what is spiritually and humanly healthy, unconditionally loving, and experientially balanced – the willful deliberate plan of our God for our desired better living. Out of our darknesses, mystic selves emerge – and our life becomes -- together -- mystical.
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